"The Australian tragedy tells us nothing about global climate. Meanwhile, what the alarmists are saying, in effect, is that instead of protecting their property by taking local precautions, by prudently burning and cutting vegetation, homeowners should be preparing for the fire next time by lobbying for more subsidized windmills in Denmark, more 'clean development' boondoggles in China, and bigger and more intrusive bureaucracies at home, all managed by the U.N., the most corrupt and incompetent organization on earth. "